Tyre stretch?

[phil 9289]

Looking at a set of 7.5 wide wheels and wonder if my current 205 tyres will be ok or would wider ones be a better choice.

Also is there any other disadvantages or stretched tyres? Like ride quality

Cheers

 

[andythom]

205 would only be a slight stretch should be fine

 

[phil 9289]

No disadvantages in running stretched tyres or does it not really effect anything?

 

[butch20vt]

why would you want 205 on a 7.5" wheel for ?

i have 9j and im thinking of going 195 for lows and some scene stretch
and not the 205/40/16 i have at the mo

 

[phil 9289]

Purely money saving atm as the 205s have only covered 1000 miles of easy driving.

195 on 9s will give a good look.

17s for me as I can't find the wheels in 16s at atm.

 

[harrisard]

I'm running 195/45/16 on my 8's are there pretty streached!!

pic donst show the streach very well but here it is!

 

[butch20vt]

^^^ when you go for new rubber try 195/40 mate and then wind the coils all the way down for some scene points
phil yea it should sit how i want it then no arch gap at the rear

 

[phil 9289]

That is low. I would get stuck on the roads around here. :-(

 

[butch20vt]

That is low. I would get stuck on the roads around here. :-(

spliters are cheating tho lol roads are bad hear as well

 

[harrisard]

splitters are cheating haha I like it!!! the splitter does get abit of a pasting lol

 

[Adam R]

^^^ when you go for new rubber try 195/40 mate and then wind the coils all the way down for some small pen1s points
phil yea it should sit how i want it then no arch gap at the rear

edited for accuracy

 

[harrisard]

you've lost me mate!

 

[butch20vt]

edited for accuracy

:thanks:

 

[betty_swollox]

No disadvantages in running stretched tyres or does it not really effect anything?

The disadvantage is that it looks gash lol.

 

[harrisard]

didn't realise abit of streach would offend people lol

 

[ndbrgr]

This is my 205 on an 8. Its hardly stretched is it?

20110525_021.jpg by Nick Berger, on Flickr

This is too much stretch. 225/40/14 on a 14 x 10

Ended up like this.

 

[m0rk]

Nasty split, did it catch a coilspring or something?

 

[Tiz]

Looks like it caught on the locking collar of a coilover to me. I have drifted on more stretch than that with my skyline and NEVER experienced something like that. I did however have a tyre go like that which wasnt stretched at all but had a defect.

 

[m0rk]

Drifting on a tyre isn't a good qualifier of how 'good' it works though on the road

 

[Tiz]

But considering it gets a LOT more heat and a lot more stress being drifted on doesnt that show its going to stand a lot more than simple road driving? Im not talking about a bit of street abuse here im talking on a track from nearly new to nearly the point of it popping, absolutely no tread down to the cords